Hebrew word · H6552

פִּרְעָתוֹן

befir'aton

Pirathon

Appears once in the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

Pirathon = "princely"

a town in Ephraim in the mount of the Amalekite

perhaps modern 'Ferata' located 1.5 miles (2.5 km) south from Jaffa on the road to Nablus

Also named: pir.a.to.ni (פִּרְעָתוֹנִי "Pirathon" H6553)

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Judges · 1

  1. Judges 12:15 בְּפִרְעָתוֹן֙ at Pirathon

    Then Abdon son of Hillel, from Pirathon, died, and he was buried at Pirathon in Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.

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